The Latest Breaking News from Dexter Wade

Jackson isn’t just Mississippi’s capital. It’s America’s murder capital

Mississippi’s conservative government is waging a partisan war on its majority-Democratic capital city

The Guardian - US · Aug 4, 2024

Judge affirms settlement of lawsuit filed by family of man who died after police pulled him from car

A judge has ordered the enforcement of a lawsuit settlement between Mississippi’s capital city and the family of a man who died after police officers pulled him from a car while searching for a murder suspect

The Independent UK · Jun 3, 2024

Woman Rejects Settlement In Brother's Death Lawsuit Against City

Bettersten Wade rejects settlement in George Robinson's death case against Jackson city, raising concerns over police conduct and accountability in Mississ...

Top News · Apr 25, 2024

Mississippi man had ID in his pocket when he was buried without his family's knowledge

A prominent civil rights lawyer says Mississippi authorities buried a Black man in a paupers cemetery without notifying his family after he was killed by a police SUV, even though he had ID in his pocket

The Independent UK · Nov 16, 2023

A man was killed when he was hit by a police car. He was buried before his family knew he was dead

The body of a Mississippi man who died after being hit by a police SUV driven by an off-duty officer was exhumed Monday

The Independent UK · Nov 14, 2023

Officials exhume the body of a Mississippi man buried without his family's knowledge

The body of a Mississippi man who died after being hit by a police SUV driven by an off-duty officer was exhumed Monday

The Independent UK · Nov 13, 2023

Lawyer wants federal probe of why Mississippi police waited months to tell a mom her son was killed

A civil rights attorney says he will ask the U.S. Justice Department to investigate why authorities in Jackson, Mississippi, waited months to tell a woman that her son had been struck and killed by a police SUV driven by an off-duty officer

The Independent UK · Oct 30, 2023

Mayor admits ‘failure’ to alert mother that police killed her missing son

Bettersten Wade only learned son’s fate 172 days after he was reported missing

The Independent UK · Oct 27, 2023

Mississippi Police Killed Her Son, Then Buried Him in a Pauper's Grave Without Telling Her

Even though Jackson, Mississippi, police knew they had killed 37-year-old Dexter Wade, they didn't inform his mother and allowed him to be buried in a penal farm.

Reason · Oct 26, 2023

Mother learns missing son was killed and buried by police after spending months searching for him

‘I just want someone to answer for what happened,’ Bettersten Wade told NBC

The Independent UK · Oct 26, 2023